Need4Speed Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 What? - US spec Supras use imperial bolts??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 what size are they paul? so instead of mucking about sending differenet size bolts i can send him what he needs I just took it into the local hardware store and got some - 2 mins - done... Sorry but no idea on the sizes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 What? - US spec Supras use imperial bolts??? hmmm. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris and Alana Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Why would they use imperial bolts on the us/euro spec and metric on the jap specs? All the body panels and parts are exactly the same so why would they change the bolts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 The US sell imperial bolts in every hardware store, not metric thats why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris and Alana Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 So its only the US spec supras that use imperial bolts and the intercooler is made for the US supra and thats why we cannot get bolts over here to fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 No, all supras use the same bolts, but imperial bolts are a lot more common in the states so they used that thread on the smic TBH its not really hard and i cant see why your making so much fuss, take the SMIC to a local hardware store, or DIY place and just buy some, as paul E said, took him 10 minutes. Give me 10 minutes and i can get some too....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 well i got all the different types of bots from work if nobody knows what size they are UNF or UNC ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 If someone can take one to a bolt shop and get a thread pitch and size then we're sorted, everyone can simply ask for that. I have the intercooler fitted unfortunately, otherwise I'd do it - I was too impatient! Wouldn't mind putting the bolts in for completions sake though, so if anyone does find out could you tell us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Give me 10 minutes and i can get some too....... The company that sends them out could get some in 10 minutes too, it would save lots of people a lot of hassle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris and Alana Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 No, all supras use the same bolts, but imperial bolts are a lot more common in the states so they used that thread on the smic TBH its not really hard and i cant see why your making so much fuss, take the SMIC to a local hardware store, or DIY place and just buy some, as paul E said, took him 10 minutes. Give me 10 minutes and i can get some too....... I’m sorry if it came across like I was making a fuss and causing grief for people I was only expressing my opinion and I’m not the only one that couldn’t find any bolts to fit properly and id taken mine everywhere. I said it earlier I am very happy with the SMIC it looks good and probably does its job very well and I think its great that Andy and Miami GT can make replacement SMIC for such a good price it just annoyed me when I stripped the front end of my car down went to fit it and the original bolts didn’t fit, I did take it to quite a few places and couldn’t find the correct bolts so I had to put all my car back together. I then used glue to put some threaded rod in the hole's, it works fine it was just a pain having to do all that and take the car to bits again. It still doesn’t make sense that the thread is different as you said all supras use the same bolts so if the SMIC had an M6 thread you simply use the bolts that are already there whether you live here or in the US it wouldn’t matter and then it is a direct replacement SMIC And sorry to keep on but if the bolts are that easy to get why are people finding it so hard to get them and people with them don’t know the size Also as other people have said if they are that cheap as well surely they could be supplied with the SMIC or even if we were told they were different and had to pay extra for bolts it would be fine but all of us that have had this problem didn’t know and ended up getting stuck. That’s all the problem was. Again I apologies for offending or annoying anyone, Iv had my say and apologised so I will say no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 So its only the US spec supras that use imperial bolts and the intercooler is made for the US supra and thats why we cannot get bolts over here to fit? Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 The company that sends them out could get some in 10 minutes too, it would save lots of people a lot of hassle Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 The company that sends them out could get some in 10 minutes too, it would save lots of people a lot of hassle Agreed, but sombody would need to talk to andy about that eh. I stripped all my car down too, to find that the bolts didnt fit, but i didnt come on here and winge about it, i sorted it out. Haydn, didnt andy refund the amount the bolts cost you? or send you some out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Ric - my anger at this issue receeded due to the fact that andy gave me pre-warning about this with a pm before i fitted the smic. If i would have stripped my car down to be presented with this problem without info on the bolts, i'd be quite frankly furious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Agreed, but sombody would need to talk to andy about that eh. Andy doesn't make them, I'm pointing my finger at the company that does. Eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 That would be a company in south east asia somewhere lol or ssautochrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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